GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |